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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXV.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total Cases Removed. | ||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 278 | 22 | 109 | 143 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 51 | 131 | 96 | 278 | 9 | ... | 7 | 18 |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 310 | 7 | 121 | 159 | 19 | 3 | 1 | ... | 86 | 120 | 104 | 310 | *80 | *95 | *27 | |
| Erysipelas | 188 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 57 | 53 | 21 | 54 | 87 | 47 | 188 | 1" 16 | 1117 | t9 | t42 |
| Scarlet Fever | 479 | 6 | 143 | 284 | 36 | 10 | ... | ... | 168 | 169 | 142 | 479 | 154 | 154 | 133 | 441 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever | 18 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ... | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | ‡10 | 6 | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 22 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | §6 | §4 | §4 | §14 |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | **2 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 64 | 64 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37 | 24 | 3 | 64 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 512 | 55 | 32 | 111 | 81 | 193 | 84 | 6 | 163 | 221 | 128 | 512 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 246 | 16 | 74 | 115 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 111 | 91 | 44 | 246 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 1589 | 419 | 763 | 94 | 55 | 140 | 93 | 25 | 507 | 831 | 251 | 1589 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 3724 | 556 | 1267 | 935 | 241 | 434 | 237 | 54 | 1203 | 1693 | 828 | 3724 | 277 | 288 | 256 | 821 |
* See page 114. † See page 106. ‡See page 109. ¶See page 103. § See page 118.
** See page 120.